Improvement in eydeant-valves



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' Letters Pafati1v0.66,5so,dafe d July 9,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HYDRANT-VALVES.

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TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CON CERN:

Be it-known that I, ALBERT FULLER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and' useful Improvement on Hydrants, applicable in part also to stop-cocks, of which `the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional elevation of a hydrant embracing my improvement.

Figure 2, ahorizontal section through the line :v :u in iig. 1; and

Figure 3, a similar lview to iig. 1 of the valvular, or what, where applied to a hydrant, constitutes the underground portion of my improvement on an enlarged scale.

Like letters indicate like parts throughoutthe several figures.

My invention has referencev to a peculianconstrnction of the valvular portion of hydrants or stop-cocks and their discharge or outilow and waste-water passages, as or in connection with-devices for operating the valve; and the nature of my invention consists, in combinaticn'with the valve, of a discharge pipe or tube made capable of turning, and, 'by an eccentric connection of it with the valve, to open'and close the latter, also to open and close a waste-water passage separate and distinct from the valve. As this is substantially the same whether used for hydrants or stop-cocks, only such alteration orshape of details being necessary as will readily suggest itself to the manufacturer of these articlcs,the descriptionl hereinafter given will be restricted `to hydrants.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents the surface base'of the hydrant, which may be formed of cast iron, while-the main portion B of the body, that extends above and down into Vthe ground, may` be made of wrought-iron pipe, and on to the upper portion of said body a cast-iron cap, C, and rings D, b'e slipped, in similar mannerV to the fitting and attachment of the base A. These ringsD are arranged a suiiicient distance from each other to receive in between them a loose collar, E, forming one portion of the case or exterior of the hydrant, and into cr through which the nozzle F of the hydrant is itted, said nozzle entering a block, G, having a water-passage, b, through it, and made free to turn in the portion B of the body; also which has connected with it a vertical descending pipe, H, of, say, galvanized iron, that communicates with the passage b in the block G and nozzle F, and that serves, as the nozzle F is turned horizontally to the right or left, to open or close a valve, I, below, or waste-water passage c, said pipe H forming the water-discharge to and through the nozzle. A slot, d, is made in the tube B, the extremities of which act as limits or stops to the horizontal swing o f the nozzle to determine its opening and closing, after the manner of a handle, of the admission I or waste-water passage c below. This attachment of or connection with the discharge pipe H is altogetherI irrespective of the particular form of valveeinployed or immediate mode of operating-:it by turning said pipe, but the following construction in these respects is preferred: J is the valve-box proper, having a branch, K, connecting it with the main, and inl which is located the admission or outiiow-valvc I, that is preferably of a soft or exible character, and of a conical form, opened and closed in a positive manner, by its gear with an eccentric motion or action, as previously secured to me by Letters Patent; but my invention, in this connection, essentially-differs from previous constructions adapted in carrying out such principle of action, by

giving a hollow character to the eccentric or attachment that operates it, and making such attachment a discharge pipe or tube, L, for the water, upwards through the hydrant, and capable of being turned in the valvebox, which may be connected, through a coupling-nut, M, with the pipe H, for the purpose of opening and closing the valve, by means of an eccentric pin, S, attached to the tube L and connecting-rod or arm e on Vswinging the nozzleF. The tube L, which passes through an upper extension of the'valve-box J, that may contain any suitable composition or illing, is provided with a lateral waste-water aperture, m, altogether dist'nct from the valve I, and soarranged in relation to it, and through acorresponding hole in the filling referred to, with the waste outletc of the valve-box, as that when the valve I is closed, by the turning of the tube L, the waste-water passage formed by the apertures m c is open, and vz'ce versa. Thus it will be seen that the tube L, with its eccentric attachment forvoperating the valve, performs a threefold function, namely, rst, as a device for opening and closing the valve;` secondly, as a hollow eccentric,las it were, to form a discharge pipe for the water; and thirdly, as a device for controlling a separate waste-waterpassage. The lower extremity of the underground portion of themcin body B may be fitted with al wooden or other plug to exclude dil-t, and through which n. stem, k, of the `iuftlvefboi: may be mede to project and be secured by a nut, n. By making the collarA E referabl of a. close character receivin the inner end of the nozzle throuch it for connection with the P y z g n passage b to the pipe H, dust or dirt is excluded from the hydrant, said collar at the seme time forming a. portion of the exterior'or cese of Jthe hydrant, which may thus he cheaply, ornamentnlly, and lightly yet strongly constructed, by the combined use, as specified, of a. wrought-iron tube for the main body, with cast-iron mountings or rings slippedon, and forming e base, cap, and intermediate surronndings, es described. Y

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v The valve I, linked in an eccentric manner, by pin or stud S, or its equivalent, to the tulle L, by the oseill'ation of which the v'nlveland waste aperture m c are controlled, substantially as set forth.

ALBERT FULLER. Witnesses: 4

J. W. OooMBs, Gr. W. REED. 

